This book examines the encounter between western and Asian models of public health and medicine in a range of East and Southeast Asian countries over the course of the twentieth century until now. It discusses the transfer of scientific knowledge of medicine and public health approaches from Europe and the United States to several Asian countries — Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Japan, Taiwan, and China — and local interactions with, and transformations of, these public health models and approaches from the nineteenth century to the 1950s. Taking a critical look at assumptions about the objectiveness of science, the book highlights the use of scientific knowledge for political control, cultural manipulation, social transformation and economic needs. It rigorously and systematically investigates the historical developments of public health concepts, policies, institutions, and how these practices changed from colonial, to post-colonial and into the present day.
| ISBN: | 9781138816893 |
| Publication date: | 15th August 2014 |
| Author: | Liping Alma College, USA Bu |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia |
| Genres: |
Health systems and services |
This book examines the encounter between western and Asian models of public health and medicine in a range of East and Southeast Asian countries over the course of the twentieth century until now. It discusses the transfer of scientific knowledge of medicine and public health approaches from Europe and the United States to several Asian countries — Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Japan, Taiwan, and China — and local interactions with, and transformations of, these public health models and approaches from the nineteenth century to the 1950s. Taking a critical look at assumptions about the objectiveness of science, the book highlights the use of scientific knowledge for political control, cultural manipulation, social transformation and economic needs. It rigorously and systematically investigates the historical developments of public health concepts, policies, institutions, and how these practices changed from colonial, to post-colonial and into the present day.
Science, Public Health and the State in Modern Asia features in the following genres: Health systems and services
Science, Public Health and the State in Modern Asia is available in Paperback, Hardback
Science, Public Health and the State in Modern Asia was written by Liping Alma College, USA Bu and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Science, Public Health and the State in Modern Asia has 224 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia series
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